Posted Tuesday, September 10th, 2019
Who is the biggest AAU program in New England? Unless you’ve been paying very close attention over the years you probably don’t have any idea. It’s not a sneaker sponsored program or even one that has been around for an especially long time, at least not in its current form. The Central Mass Swarm was started in 2006 and had only five teams under its umbrella ten years later when it was taken over by Mike Byrnes, who was just…
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Posted Sunday, September 8th, 2019
East Catholic High School and Middlesex Magic forward Matt Knowling made a verbal commitment to Yale University on Sunday following his official visit to their New Haven campus. Knowling is a 17-year-old true senior who had racked up numerous division I scholarship offers over the course of the last year. He took to his twitter account to confirm the news. COMMITTED����⚪️ pic.twitter.com/IV4Kjy8x8u — Matt Knowling (@MattKnowling) September 8, 2019 Knowling is coming off a very succesful 2018-19 campaign, both during…
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Posted Saturday, September 7th, 2019
We’re now less than one week away from the 2019 Elite 75 Showcase – Frosh/Soph Edition, with the north session set for Saturday at the Dana Barros Basketball Club and the south session a day later on Sunday at Connecticut College. Space is still available and interested prospects in the classes of 2022 and 2023 can learn more and register at the links above. Answers to most frequently asked questions are also available here. Our latest flashback takes us to 2013 when the…
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Posted Friday, September 6th, 2019
We are just one week away from the 2018 Elite 75 Showcase – Frosh/Soph Edition and our latest flashback takes us to 2012 when yet another future NBA player broke out. Luis Montero was a sophomore at Wilbraham & Monson and absolutely dominant in his Elite 75 debut. Incredibly, it was just three years later that he was wearing a Portland Trail Blazers uniform. Almost equally dominant that day was fellow sophomore Terance Mann, who is now about to enter…
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Posted Friday, September 6th, 2019
The Middlesex Magic was founded in 1993 by the late Michael Crotty Sr. For the last 10 years the program has been under the direction of Michael Crotty Jr. Crotty Jr. was on the very first Magic team and went on to become a two-time NCAA All-American and captain of the Williams College 2003 National Championship team. Following college, Crotty Jr. played professionally with stops in Germany, the Philippines, and with the Harlem Globetrotters. His coaching career began a year…
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Posted Thursday, September 5th, 2019
The New Haven Heat was initially founded in 2002 by Frank Redente but disappeared for a stretch until re-emerging in 2014 under the direction of Rick Kennedy. While Rick continues to serve as the director of the program, his son “Doc” Kennedy is more visible on a day-to-day basis as the club’s director of operations. They are also maybe the most rapidly expanding program in Connecticut, both in terms of quantity and quality. They’ve grown from having just one team…
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Posted Wednesday, September 4th, 2019
BABC and incoming Brewster Academy forward Matt Cross announced his verbal commitment to Miami on Tuesday night. Cross wrapped up his final official visit this past weekend after traveling to Butler, Florida, South Carolina, Indiana, Texas A&M and Miami in recent weeks and months. "Miami was a great fit for me and there was connections with the people around me like my AAU coach Leo Papile whose word means a lot to me and the culture and environment I think…
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Posted Monday, September 2nd, 2019
At this time last year, Jordan Geronimo was a complete unknown and, by his own admission, expecting to end up at a division II or III small college. The New Jersey native was transferring to St. Paul's School in New Hampshire because of its academic reputation and the fact that his older sister had a positive experience there. Shortly after arriving in New England, he made his way to a Mass Rivals workout one night last fall and immediately caught…
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Posted Monday, September 2nd, 2019
Brooks School and Middlesex Magic product Sam Thomson made a verbal commitment to Colgate on Saturday during his official visit to the school’s campus. The 6-foot-9 big man is a Canadian native set to enter his second season in the New England prep ranks. He was named All-NEPSAC in Class B last year and had over a dozen division I scholarship offers to his name following the grassroots season. Colgate is coming off a record setting 2018-19 season under head…
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Posted Monday, September 2nd, 2019
The fourth Elite 75 Showcase – Frosh/Soph Edition took place in September of 2011 and set a new standard when it came to assembling ALL of the region’s top young talent. Sophomore Noah Vonleh was absolutely dominant that day and already well on his way to being a five-star prospect who would later go on to be a one-and-done first round draft pick in the NBA. At the time, future Rhode Island guard Jared Terrell was probably the second most…
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